Why I hate the homeless

mmm...I was born on a sled in a field outside the Civic

 

You didn't reply to my post.

Reply to it instead of posting pointless crap, or I will indeed report you for trolling.

 

I agree to those things.
And about the money-giving, Not only do I not have the money to give, but you are never sure where it goes. It may even blow down the street and get lost, but it is still gone. What my family has always done is (the big American fast-food eaters) is stock up on those coupons they give you....where when you buy how ever many Pitas you get one for free...Since we always are able to buy Pitas for ourselves, we would give the 'get one free' card to anyone who needs it, may it be a homeless person or a hungry friend.

 

I understand....but it isn't luck. I made it happen. That's not luck

 

and about the drugs/alcohol thing....


Half my family is drug addicts and alcoholics. My ma, for instance, drinks a 24 oz water bottle of vodka a day...everyday.

So a homeless person in my mind, the stereotypical drunk bum, is really no different than the other people I know, besides living situations.

You know? so for that argument, it really isn't any different for me.

 

Alright....well. Insecure no, I'm quite confident given my past. Hard for you to believe I've earned it. Well, I only really earned half. I got the other half of my money a year ago when my father died..so I consider it paid for. What gives me the right to judge those...I guess just being a member of the human species gives me the right. Also the fact that I was once one of them gives me knowledge at least of the lifestyle

 

No. You were lucky. You could have been robbed, beaten up...killled.
You were lucky.

 

Why do you generalize so much? I'm just going to put this rather bluntly...you sound like an asshole. Seriously, do you know what it is like to have to live on the streets? Some choose to yes, others do not. I've technically been "homeless" or without a "home" much more than I've had a "home" by societal standards over the past 5 years of my life and I can clearly tell that you've yet to experience anything even remotely similar to that life.

Sure there's some junkies, and sure there are some "deadbeats" that are lazy and simply want to leech off others....but I find those types of people in all walks of life. If you do not want to give someone money that is running a sign then don't, but do not sit here and preach how much you hate the "homeless" when your apparent hatred towards them is based of nothing more than your disdain for laziness and drug addicts, which you just so happened to stereotype every "homeless" person as.

The most legit people I've ever meet/become friends with have been or still are "homeless." The guy I consider to be my dad (not biologically) who took me in on the streets when I was younger is one of the most amazing people I know...and here you are completely disrespecting and belittling not only his lifestyle, but many of my other friends/acquaintances I've come to know and respect.

I mean no disrespect, but I really wish people like you could just be forced out on the streets for a couple of months, perhaps it'd give you another perspective on things. Then again if you already hold this fucked up stereotypical attitude towards a very broad group of individuals then I doubt it would do you much good.

PS.
I'm sorry if I came off as an asshole in return, but this is a huge pet-peve of mine...when people make absurd statements regarding the "homeless."

 

I knew that you didn't earn your money. You don't strike me as the hard working type... being a member of the human race does not give you the right to criticize people on the simple basis that they do not own a house. You do not own a house, hell... you haven't earned the right to criticize the homeless. You are no better than them, even in the face of society. Hell, you're a hippie... that's even worse... at least the homeless don't try to fit some dumb stereotype.

You were homeless? Passing out drunk on the park bench doesn't count. Did you live in homeless colonies? Did you ever starve?

I doubt it.

 

This is all I was originally trying to say.

 

P.S - I was beaten, and I was robbed, three times. I also got thrown out of a second story window

 

I think the homeless should always have enough food, but ultimately they need a hand up not a handout. I don't look down on them at all.

 

did i starve- yes
no you're right, I didn't earn the money- I just lost a parent, big deal
-I rent my own apartment

 

Not good enough, brah.

Starve some more and get back to me.

 

I think there's so many sorts of homeless people out there that it's hard for someone to have a blanket feeling on all of them.
I feel compassion for the majority; those who are ill or infirm in some way that keeps them trapped out there. For the sliver of their population who are there by choice I feel a bit of respect - it can't be an easy thing to do, but they're twice as free as I've ever been.
For those who could probably pull themselves up by the ol' bootstraps and fix the situation? I still feel compassion. A lot of us are capable of a lot of things, but I wonder if anyone reading this has ever felt like they couldn't do something even when in actuality they could.

I give food here, clothes there, a little money when I don't have something else handy. I suppose there is a way to be hip and cynical and suggest there's better ways to help them, or that they need to learn their lesson, or whatever...but I figure maybe that's putting a little too much thought into as simple a thing as showing a little love to someone having tough times.

 

I know, I'm so ashamed. I'll starve till I look like Christ, then I'll start eating eating again.

 

See, you were lucky...to survive.

 

Lunars next thread: The Israel / Palestine situation.

 

sure, I don't even know how this thread got here. I'm done